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Old 12-29-2015, 09:01 PM
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Default Gull Lake 29 Dec 2015

Fished Gull at Brownlow's today. Landed ~10 small perch, but that was it. Parked on shore and walked out. Had 10-13" ice thickness inside of a 40 yard span. Good, clear ice, just extremely variable thickness.

Was quite alarmed at the amount of people driving 3/4 and 1 ton trucks out hundreds of yards past and just ripping. Spent most of the day shaking my head.

However, great day to be out on the hard-water! Tight lines everyone!

-There is no fish worth losing your life over, stay safe!-
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Old 12-29-2015, 10:20 PM
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Has any body been out to snipe lake over the holidays?
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Old 12-29-2015, 10:42 PM
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10-12" at Battle. Vehicles parked all over the lake today. I still parked on shore and walked out.
A guy went through on foot two days ago near the east end, its not a lake to
Drive a vehicle on. The lake is Littered with springs.
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Old 12-30-2015, 12:45 AM
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Anyone been out on Newell?
lots of variance here too, 12 inches in places and 20 feet away 10 or less. not awesome ice cover yet.
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Old 12-30-2015, 03:13 PM
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Default 16 inches at Siler Lake today ( Stoney)

Lots of people driving on ice to far end from campground.
I see the police have taped off the place where the truck went through.

Perch fishing very very slow. They did not even want earthworms.
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Old 12-30-2015, 05:39 PM
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Default Crawling valley

Out there today and the ice is a nice clear black 12-16". Buddy drove his 1/2 ton on it and it sounded immediately! Worth the risk? You be the judge!
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Old 12-30-2015, 05:55 PM
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Heading out to Lower K on Friday in search of the mighty Bull trout.
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Old 12-30-2015, 09:00 PM
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Default Keho Lake

2015-12-30: Keho Lake - East Piers - 12 to 14" ice. -10°C, sunny with a slight breeze.
Bite was moderate to slow. Lots of hit and runs with pike. Couple keepers.
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Old 12-31-2015, 08:12 AM
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Anyone fish Sylvan Lately? Looking at trying for pike tomorrow.
There's a good 12" on the south end. I've heard the north broke up bad during freeze up so isn't quite as good. Maybe someone else has been up that way that can elaborate.
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Old 12-31-2015, 10:49 AM
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About 15" out from the Provincial Park, about 13" around Mulhurst. Nice clear black ice...
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Old 12-31-2015, 12:17 PM
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My neighbour has a pond in his yard. Its about 12 feet deep in middle and no more than 80 feet in diameter ( no aeration) . He called yesterday asking me to drill couple holes as he wanted to flood it to make rink for his kids. Popped three holes and there was only 4 inches ice and some of that was flood ice, Had maybe 7 inches snow covering it. I couldn't believe how thin the ice was
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Old 12-31-2015, 05:26 PM
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We spent the morning at Gull ( Dec 31 ).

14" of solid clear ice where we fished.

Lots of 1 ton trucks driving by recording the soundtrack of the new star wars movie - wow .... was a little surprised to see the bigger trucks out.

Where we were was about 40 yards from the "well travelled" road from Aspen toward Brownlows. The 1/2 ton trucks were relatively quiet as they passed - but the heavier trucks definitely made some noise and sent some laser blasts out way.

A couple of the Dodge / Cummins / Metal Mulisha Team out there too - test piloting how fast you can drive your 1 ton before she breaks through the ice and thins the herd.
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Old 12-31-2015, 07:41 PM
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We spent the morning at Gull ( Dec 31 ).



14" of solid clear ice where we fished.



Lots of 1 ton trucks driving by recording the soundtrack of the new star wars movie - wow .... was a little surprised to see the bigger trucks out.



Where we were was about 40 yards from the "well travelled" road from Aspen toward Brownlows. The 1/2 ton trucks were relatively quiet as they passed - but the heavier trucks definitely made some noise and sent some laser blasts out way.



A couple of the Dodge / Cummins / Metal Mulisha Team out there too - test piloting how fast you can drive your 1 ton before she breaks through the ice and thins the herd.

Natural selection at its finest. Not quite what I hope to witness when I want to go out in nature.
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Fished Carson this past Wednesday. About 50 vehicles parked on the ice, some were parked tight together in groups of 4. Ice was 12" thick.

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Old 01-01-2016, 11:11 AM
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Default Gull Lake Ice Thickness

Happy New Year!


Priorities







Alan and Sandra lived on a cove at Gull Lake Alberta.
It was early winter and the lower portion of the cove had frozen over.
Alan asked Sandra if she would walk across the frozen part of the cove to the general store and get him some smokes and beer.
She asked him for some money, but he told her, "Nah, just put it on our tab. Old man Stacey won't mind."
So Sandra, being the good wife walked across the ice, got the smokes and beer at the store and then walked back home across the cove.
When she got home with the items she said, "Alan, you always tell me not to run up the tab at Stacey's store. Why didn't you just give me some money?"
Alan replied, "Well, Sandra, I didn't want to send you out there with cash when I wasn't sure how thick the ice was!"

A love story like this almost brings tears to my eyes........





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Old 01-01-2016, 05:35 PM
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Lower Kananaskis lake - Canyon day use area
January 1st
Depth of fishing area - 48'
ice thickness - all holes drilled in the zone of 10"
Fish - 1 fish Landed with 3 hooked up. All fish were Bull trout that came off the bottom
Temperature - -20 at arrival 8:30 and -12 at departure 2:30.
Lures - Williams Woblers - silver/red and 5' o diamonds jigging spoon similar to a wobbler.
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Old 01-01-2016, 05:59 PM
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Lower Kananaskis lake - Canyon day use area
January 1st
Depth of fishing area - 48'
ice thickness - all holes drilled in the zone of 10"
Fish - 1 fish Landed with 3 hooked up. All fish were Bull trout that came off the bottom
Temperature - -20 at arrival 8:30 and -12 at departure 2:30.
Lures - Williams Woblers - silver/red and 5' o diamonds jigging spoon similar to a wobbler.
This might be a dumb question but how are the bulls affected by the depth that they're caught at, if at all?
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Old 01-01-2016, 06:07 PM
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This might be a dumb question but how are the bulls affected by the depth that they're caught at, if at all?
I do not believe they are, if they are I have never heard anything about it. I know Walleyes and Perch are effected by what I have been lead to believe a depth of 30' +.

I know I will be going back, that's for sure, I am hooked lol an exciting fish with absolutely amazing scenery.

I will google your inquiry on the depth and whether or not it effects them.
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Old 01-01-2016, 06:40 PM
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Fished Carson this past Wednesday. About 50 vehicles parked on the ice, some were parked tight together in groups of 4. Ice was 12" thick.

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How did you do at Carson? Better than last March I hope! LOL!
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Old 01-01-2016, 06:42 PM
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This might be a dumb question but how are the bulls affected by the depth that they're caught at, if at all?
I googled it, Barotrauma rarely effects trout, they have the ability to burp the gas out whereas Walleye and Yellow perch do no. They also mention it only effects trout at extreme depths.

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/newslett...eep_water.html
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Old 01-01-2016, 09:00 PM
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Was out at Spray lake on the 28th. Just south of Sparrowhawk day use area. 14" of ice. In about 30 fow. Caught one 14" lake trout. No wind. Was a nice day to be out.
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Old 01-01-2016, 09:49 PM
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Fished Crawling Valley today.
12" ice
We landed 3 pike 1 walleye

Lots of people driving on. All different sized vehicles. I used the kid's snowmobile to pull the gear on the lake. I Wasn't driving on.
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Old 01-01-2016, 10:18 PM
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Wondering if anyone has been to Eagle lk by Strathmore and can share what the ice conditions are like. Thanks in advance.
Was wondering how to get on this lake. Ive been there once before, years ago but ended up in a snow storm. My 6 year old son is stoked about fishing in general but like any kid, needs to build up patience. Dont want to take him on a 2+hr ride and fish for an hour. Im not looking for the big catch, just hoping to give my son a positive experience.
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Old 01-02-2016, 10:14 AM
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Default going to gull next weekend, ice thickness?

going to gull Jan 9th, wondering where's a good spot to consider driving my 1/2 ton on?

This is my first season trying out ice fishing, bought all the equipment (tip ups, heater, tent and manual auger) but how hard will it be using the manual auger? Would it be a waste of time? I'm thinking of drilling about 10 holes since I'll be going with a family of 5. Thoughts?

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Old 01-02-2016, 11:59 AM
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Was wondering how to get on this lake. Ive been there once before, years ago but ended up in a snow storm. My 6 year old son is stoked about fishing in general but like any kid, needs to build up patience. Dont want to take him on a 2+hr ride and fish for an hour. Im not looking for the big catch, just hoping to give my son a positive experience.
Probably have a better chance on Chestermere to be honest.
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Old 01-02-2016, 02:19 PM
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going to gull Jan 9th, wondering where's a good spot to consider driving my 1/2 ton on?

This is my first season trying out ice fishing, bought all the equipment (tip ups, heater, tent and manual auger) but how hard will it be using the manual auger? Would it be a waste of time? I'm thinking of drilling about 10 holes since I'll be going with a family of 5. Thoughts?

Thanks

I use a manual auger all the time. If your blades are sharp, it's not bad right now. I find that drilling later is the season when there's 30-36" of ice and you finish your hole on your knees, that's when it gets hard.
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Old 01-02-2016, 05:21 PM
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I use a manual auger all the time. If your blades are sharp, it's not bad right now. I find that drilling later is the season when there's 30-36" of ice and you finish your hole on your knees, that's when it gets hard.
Thanks for the heads up,

What about auger attachtments for the DeWalt drill? Are there any?
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Old 01-02-2016, 06:14 PM
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Fished Blood Indian today. Decent fishing, came home with a limit.
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Old 01-02-2016, 10:55 PM
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jan 2 - Lac St.Anne - 17" clear ice plus 2-3" of white ice on top. North side near Gunn access point.

Fishing was better than expected. Group of 7, I'd estimate 40+ Pike and 6-7 walleye, 1 burbout. A couple whites on camera but none interested in having a snack.

Not one perch spotted on camera (we had 4 cameras in 3 tents) ........ that surprised me ........ but I've never fished that lake through the ice or targeted perch - so maybe that's normal for there ...... I dunno
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15-18 inchs on coal lake yesterday.
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